People really hated this but it was great - lately is still one of my favourite pop singles of all time. The whole record is a wee bit disjointed at times but it’s lovable and definitely a fun experience on a whole!
This has to be the most WILDLY inconsistent album I've ever listened to lmao
Songs like "Salted Caramel Ice Cream" or "The Light" are genuinely really great, but then you have the repulsing "Sex Emoji" or "Miracle Rooftop" - a contender for the biggest nothing-song I've heard in my life. On this project, Metronomy successfully managed to make themselves sound like the most pretentious band in the world despite making the most basic, run-of-the-mill pop ... read more
I really wanted to love this. This is a pretty solid indie pop record, but nothing extraordinary as Metronomy tends to serves us. I might grow on this, but seems kind of bland and uninteresting, even though the performances and production is on point.
Decent 6
Most of the production choices here are very questionable, but there are still some great moments
Yeah, it's a slight letdown. Not a very big one, there's still some pretty cool tracks to be found here, and "Salted Caramel Ice Cream" is one of my favourite jams from the band, but in this case, a single track isn't the best representative of the whole album, it gave off more of a soundtrack vibe rather than a usual Metronomy album. Lots of short lo-fi electronic pieces, which, although it would be wrong to call them bland, just didn't do it for me as much as the usual content, and ... read more
1 | Wedding 1:00 | 63 |
2 | Whitsand Bay 3:50 | 75 |
3 | Insecurity 3:53 | 87 |
4 | Salted Caramel Ice Cream 3:30 | 93 |
5 | Driving 0:49 | 45 |
6 | Lately 3:14 | 78 |
7 | Lying Low 3:56 | 68 |
8 | Forever Is a Long Time 2:29 | 55 |
9 | The Light 4:32 | 82 |
10 | Sex Emoji 4:22 | 45 |
11 | Walking In the Dark 3:04 | 57 |
12 | Insecure 1:16 | 53 |
13 | Miracle Rooftop 4:42 | 38 |
14 | Upset My Girlfriend 4:27 | 45 |
15 | Wedding Bells 4:18 | 55 |
16 | Lately (Going Spare) 3:40 | 55 |
17 | Ur Mixtape 1:38 | 48 |
#25 | / | Gigwise |
#29 | / | Les Inrocks |
#34 | / | Rough Trade |
#44 | / | Louder Than War |
#61 | / | Under the Radar |
#73 | / | Drift |
#96 | / | Piccadilly Records |
/ | Esquire (UK) |